Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Digital pixel with extended dynamic range
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Application No.: US15876061Application Date: 2018-01-19
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Publication No.: US10686996B2Publication Date: 2020-06-16
- Inventor: Xinqiao Liu
- Applicant: Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Assignee: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: H04N5/235
- IPC: H04N5/235 ; H04N5/353 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N5/3745 ; H04N5/232 ; H04N5/355 ; G01S3/00 ; G01J1/44 ; F21V8/00

Abstract:
Examples of an apparatus are disclosed. In some example, an apparatus may include a photodiode, a first charge storage unit configured to store charges generated by the photodiode, the first charge storage unit having a first capacity; and a second charge storage unit configured to store charges generated by the photodiode, the second charge storage unit having a second capacity greater than the first capacity. The apparatus may further include an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuit configured to measure a first quantity of charges stored in the first charge storage unit and a second quantity of charges stored in the second charge storage unit, and to generate a digital output representing an intensity of light incident on the photodiode based on a first count representing the first quantity of charges or a second count representing the second quantity of charges.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180376046A1 DIGITAL PIXEL WITH EXTENDED DYNAMIC RANGE Public/Granted day:2018-12-27
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